The Shemwell Family

William Aaron MoonAge: 71 years18691941

Name
William Aaron Moon
Given names
William Aaron
Surname
Moon
Birth October 5, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMaude Emma WhiteheadView this family
May 23, 1893 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a daughter
#1
Maude Louise Moon
June 22, 1904 (Age 34 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 48 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Marriage of a childRobert Wallace BruceMaude Louise MoonView this family
August 25, 1928 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Emma Louise Bruce
May 27, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
John Robert Bruce
June 25, 1936 (Age 66 years)
Death January 22, 1941 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with Maude Emma Whitehead - View this family
himself
William Aaron Moon
Birth: October 5, 1869Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Death: January 22, 1941Waynesboro, Augusta, Virginia, United States
wife
Maude Emma Whitehead
Birth: December 6, 1871Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Death: October 2, 1960Staunton, Virginia, United States
Marriage: May 23, 1893Westpoint, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
11 years
daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Aaron Moon - Household

Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Moon, William AheadMW40M116INININEnglishMerchantHardwareEMPYesYesOFH
Moon, Maude EwifeFW38M11687INININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Moon, Cecil CsonMW15SINININEnglishNewsboyStreetOAYesYesYes
Moon, Wilbur AsonMW14SINININEnglishNewsboyStreetOAYesYesYes
Moon, H RoysesonMW13SINININEnglishNewsboyStreetOAYesYesYes
Moon, Emily BdaughterFW9SINININNoneYes
Moon, Will AsonMW7SINININNoneYes
Moon, Edith LnieceFW6SOKININNoneYes
Moon, Bessie FdaughterFW3SININMSNone
Moon, Louise MdaughterFW5SINININNone